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Object Number 47-54-70/2654
Display Title Shank leg of one-piece hook - illustrating use of bone of extinct moa +
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bone tool, worked, hook fragment?, broken, curved, knobbed and notched end
Classification
  • Hook
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand / <State> / <County> / <City> / Kaikai's Beach
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 4.2 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm (1 5/8 x 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-54-70/2654/ K.B./ D.46.214
Provenance
Exchange participant Otago Museum (1947)

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